Vocabulary
Vocabulary 2.0
Sound
Light
Hodge Podge
100
____________ is the pushing together of a mass so that it occupies less space.
What is compression?
100
________ is the taking in of light energy by an object.
What is absorption?
100
____________ causes sound.
What is vibration?
100
Name one wave we cannot see.
What are radio, x-ray, gamma, micro, infrared, UV waves?
100
When all visible light colors are reflected, which color is a result?
What is the resulting color white?
200
_____________ is the number of times a wave makes a complete cycle in a second.
What is frequency?
200
____________ describes materials that let nearly all light rays that hit them pass through.
What is transparent?
200
Sound travels fastest through __________.
What are solids?
200
Which color appears as a result of all colors of visible light being absorbed?
What is the resulting color of black?
200
Light travels fastest through a vacuum (outer space). True or false.
What is true?
300
______________ is the distance between one point on a wave and the next similar point on a wave.
What is wavelength?
300
__________ describes materials that let some light rays pass through but scatter others.
What is translucent?
300
Sound travels slowest through _____________.
What are gases?
300
Which lens is shaped like a football?
What is convex lens?
300
This lens is thinner in the middle and looks like a cave.
What is concave lens?
400
_______________ is a measure of whether a sound seems high or low, determined by the sound's frequency.
What is pitch?
400
___________ describes materials that do not let any light pass through them.
What is opaque?
400
__________ is a reflected sound.
What is an echo?
400
When light moves at an angle from one medium to the next, what is the result?
What is refraction?
400
This is how a piano makes sound.
What is padded hammers strike strings?
500
_____________ is the bouncing back of a wave off an object or surface.
What is reflection?
500
___________ is the bending of a wave caused by a change in speed that occurs.
What is refraction?
500
Objects that vibrate quickly have a __________ pitch.
What is higher?
500
Name the colors, in order, in the visible spectrum.
What is red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet?
500
Sound waves are an example of this kind of wave.
What is longitudinal wave?
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